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| bakechad:
--- Quote from: rackoon on August 01, 2006, 03:20:19 pm ---I think that I better use windows because there are more people to help me with it. --- End quote --- Actually you will find a lot more people to help you with Linux than with Windows and those people will tend to know a lot more about computers than there windows counterparts. For some great examples, check out: http://www.linuxquestions.org/ With that said, I use Linux for my file server and windows for all of my mame stuff. I did get xmame and advancemame to work fine on Linux. The reasons I went with windows, was better hardware support, better frontends, and I needed windows to run visual pinball. If I could not afford windows, I would use Linux with advancemame. By using advancemame, you avoid a bunch of headaches with Xwindows, Gnome, KDE, etc. I am currently in Fedora 4 camp. I ran Xmame and advancemame on a 600 mhz Pentimum with 192m of ram. It ran as well as my Athalon does. |
| BlinKY1337:
and another plus to linux besides it being free and all is you can get a sweet lil penguin dude and put it on your desk and everyone will know how :censored: in cool you are |
| elvis:
--- Quote from: JoyMonkey on August 01, 2006, 08:02:36 am ---I was just about to suggest ReactOS also. I'm not sure what compatability and performace is like, but you should download it now before MS shuts them down. --- End quote --- Microsoft can't shut it down. ReactOS is protected by the same copyright laws that protect Microsoft software. The APIs used within ReactOS come from existing projects such as WINE, and were built legally and fairly under both international and US copyright law. It is also free software (free as in freedom), which means that no sole entity owns the code. Microsoft can't even buy it out, as the existing GPL code could be forked as a new project the moment they tried to "buy" it. ReactOS is not going anywhere. It's free, and it's legal. Microsoft, nor anyone else on the entire planet can stop it. |
| NightGod:
--- Quote from: rackoon on August 01, 2006, 03:20:19 pm ---To be honest I didn't know really know what Linux was until a few weeks ago. I'm glad to see some quality competition for MS. I'm getting a masters in educational theory (basically a fancy teaching credential) and I would love to see a form of Linux in the schools. It would be a thumb in in the eye of a huge cooperate monster and the state could always afford free. --- End quote --- Not everything that costs no money upfront is free, just something to remember. |
| u_rebelscum:
The problem with win2000 is it doesn't support multiple mice (to seperate players). If you don't care about that ... Marble Madness, Cabal, Tehkan World ... [shrug] Linux, winXP and win98 all support multiple mice (in advanceMame/official mame). Don't know about ReactOS. |
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